A sarafan is a long, trapeze-shaped dress worn as Russian folk
costume by women and girls.

The sarafan is built around the concept of traditional Russian
jumper dress that, over the centuries, w...

A sarafan is a long, trapeze-shaped dress worn as Russian folk costume by women and girls.

The sarafan is built around the concept of traditional Russian jumper dress that, over the centuries, went under the names of feryaz, klinnik and, finally, sarafan. Sarafans were extensively popular in the northern provinces of the Russian Empire such as Vologda, Arkhangelsk, Pskov and Novgorod.

This conventional dress was initially worn by men; but was modified in time and gradually became a wardrobe staple for women of various social backgrounds across the country.It is today worn as folk costume for performing Russian folk songs and folk dancing.